Humidor.



W. H. BROWNING. HUMIDOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1911v 1,017,379, Patented Feb. 13, 19-12..

wmvro/e WITNESSES ATTORNEYS I "T W 'WILIIIAM HULL BROWNING, OF NEW YORK, N.

' nominee.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BROWN me, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county. and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Humidor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description This invention relates to a new and improved humidor adapted to be used to con tain water for moistening cigars in cigar jars and the like, and also adapted to contain cologne, perfume or the like, to be placed in a chitfonnier with apparel, to impart thereto a delicate scent, and is an improveinent of the construction disclosed in a Patent No. 839,720, granted to me Becen'iber 25, 1906. I

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improvedhumidor, preferably composed of ,a plurality of sections of any suitable material, such as sheet metal, detachably connected together and so formed that when liquid is once inserted therein, it will not readily come out by accident, and yet will have a sufficient outlet passage whereby any of the liquid evaporating can pass from the receptacle and moisten cigars or perfume clothing.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hun idor of a simple and inexpensive structure, which will be strong and durable, and which may be provided with means for retaining it in position in the cover of a cigar These and further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts iii all the views, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section through the container; Fig. 2 is a top plan view, with one section removed; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a cigar jar, showing my container in position.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of this invention as embodied in the form shown in the drawings, 1 indicates a container, which may be of any suitable material, but preferably is formed of sheetmetal, and comprises a plurality of sections 2 and 3 detachably secured together in any Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed May 10, 1911. Serial ?atented Feb, 3, 15312. no. ceases, I

by means" of a screw- 4. The container as a orspherical in shape. in this case, indicated suitable manner, as threaded connection whole may be oval One of the sections at is provided. with a passage 5, whereby a liquid may be poured into the container, and further, whereby the moisture from the liquid in the container, or the perfume therefrom, can come out gradually. A peculiar thing to be noted about this passage is that it is formed from a spool-shaped tube 6, which flares in both directions from an intermediate point and extends weii up into the other section 2 of the container. It will be seen from this structure that when a relatively small quantity of liquid is once poured into the container, it'will be ve ditiicult for it passage 5,110 matter in what position the container is laid, as the open end-of the tube (Llocated within the container, out of contact with the sides of the con tainer, and suspended, so to speak, in space within the container.

:The container as thus described can be utilized to perfume the clothing in a chiffonnier, by simply putting'some perfume into the container and allowing it to roll about or remain stationary, as may hapuen, within one of the drawers of the chifioniier. The der'ce canbe further used, as illustrated in Fig. 3, to moisten the contents of a tobacco or cigar jar, indicated at '4", by supporting the same in the dome 8 usually found on the cover 9 of such jars. In this instance, the container may be held in position in the dome 8 by providing one or more springs 10, which in this case are shown in the form of radiating spring arms, for engaging the inner sides of the dome 8 and supporting the container removably in position.

As will be seen by reference to the drawing's, the construction illustrated whtreiir the tube 6 is projected above the edge of the section 3 insures against the accident of ovcrtilling or filling the section 3, when the cover section 2 is removed, to a point where it is in danger of overflowing through the tube 6. In a container of-the character described, where the sides are not transparent, the advantage of such a construction, is obvious.

It will thus be seen that there is a simple and etlicie'nt container which will hold a liquid without danger of its coining out bodily, no matter in what position the provided to pass bodily out through the is disposed no I :"iiner is placed, and which will still pernit vaporations from the liquid to'pass iri'un the container gradually, either for the purpose of scenting garments, or ior the purpose of inoislcning cigars, tobacco, or the like.

l i hiie i have shown one embodiment of invention, i do not Wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected. in various changes, alterations and modifications which may come within scope of the appended claims. Wing thus described my invention, I claimv as new and desire to secure by Letters tent 1. A humidor of the character described, comprising a shallow saucer-like section having a centrally disposed upturned openended tubular extension, thcend of said extension being above the edge of said EitlElCi-ZT-lllit? section; a separable cover section tor id saueerdihe section; and yielding eup 'orls for said humidorpermanently attached thereto and extended from the periphery thereof.

it huinidor oi? the character described, coinwrising shallow saucer-like section hav ng a centrally disposed upturned openomers ended tubular extension, theend of said extension being above the edge of said saucerlike section; a separable cover section for said saucer-like section; and a plurality of supporting springs rigidly connected with said humidor and extended beyondthe pe riphery thereof to engage in holding relation the Walls of a receptacle in which the 'hurnidor is to be placed.

3. A humidor of the character described, comprising a saucer-like section having an upturned open-ended tubular extension to form an open passage in said section opening above and below the liquid contained therein; a removable solid cover section to seal said saucer-like section; and means for supporting said saucer-like section to permit the passage of air from Within thesaid sections, downward through the passage of said tubular extension.

lntestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM HULL BROWNING.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. STEIN, C. C. BENEDICT. 

